SENIOR LADY: MOTHER'S DAY PROJECT!

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I love to decorate wooden crosses. I purchased seven

inch crosses five years ago. I started decorating them

in September, so that I would be finished in December.

I included  crosses  with my Christmas gifts.  I decided

to keep wooden crosses on hand. Unfortunately, I

didn't purchase crosses when I saw them at my local

dollar store last year. This year, there hasn't been any

wooden crosses in stock.  The online sites I visited 

had plenty of three, five, nine, and twelve inch wooden

 crosses.  I chose to buy a pack of twelve,  five-inch

 wooden crosses. I completely forgot about the crosses. 

 I recently found them tucked under some fabric. 

I decided to decorate the crosses for Mother's Day

 gifts. I have plenty of friends and family members

 that are mothers or grandmothers.

 

I rummaged through my craft supplies and found

faux gems and crystals and bottles of paint. I spent

the whole week working on this project.  These

decorated crosses with be given out Sunday.


HAND PAINTED CROSSES


NEED:

5 inch Wood Crosses with Hanging String

Acrylic paint, Fave Colors

Faux gemstones & Crystals, Fave Colors










Tools:

Glue gun & Glue sticks

Paint brushes

Scissors 

Recycled Newspaper or Drop Cloth








DIRECTIONS:


Lay down newspaper to void staining

 furniture/surfaces. Paint front and back 

of crosses desired colors. Let each side dry 

completely before embellishing. 








Heat up your glue gun. While gun is heating, 

sort your gems and crystals to match the color

 of your crosses. You have option of gluing gems

 and crystals on edge and/or center of the crosses.

 Arrange the embellishments on cross to choose 

your design. Glue gems and crystals securely on the

 crosses.  










My hanging strings were 14 inches long, so I cut 

them in half.  Pull string through the hole at

 top of cross. Tie small knot to join both ends

 of the string.  Be sure and leave enough room

 to hang string on nail or hook.










 I will continue to search for seven inch unfinished 

 wooden crosses. Maybe the stores were just out of

stock. I prefer using this size for gifts.  I'll be using 

my next batch of crosses for birthday gifts.


 

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